Antidumping and Countervailing Laws

• U.S. law counters international price discrimination that results in injury to our industry, commonly referred to as dumping.
• Dumping occurs when a foreign firm sells merchandise in the U.S. market at a price lower than the price it charges for a comparable product sold in its home market.
• The difference between a company's U.S. sales price and the comparison fair market or normal value is called the dumping margin, often expressed as a percentage of the American sales price .
• The CVD law provides authority for investigations of foreign governments that may be unfairly subsidizing their industries that export to the U.S.

AD/CVD investigations
Commerce and ITC share the responsibility for AD/CVD investigations. For example, Commerce examines prices in this country and the foreign market and the ITC determines the injury to our industry.

Administration of AD/CVD Cases
Here are some general descriptions of what various Customs offices and persons provide:

Office of Strategic Trade: Reviews all active cases for data quality, trends, and patterns of circumvention and non-compliance; develops strategies to address noncompliance

Office of Field Operations: Implements instructions and participates in the intervention process generated by AD/CVD analysis findings and recommendations.

National Import Specialists: Assist in scope definition and identification of the appropriate Harmonized Tariff Schedule number(s) and help develop informed and enforced compliance initiatives.

Office of Investigations: Coordinates enforced compliance activities through the OI AD/CVD liaison at the South Florida Strategic Trade Center.